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Mexican Flan Cake

Cinco de Mayo desserts are a big hit served at spring and summer parties! Everyone loves a festive Cinco de Mayo party and a flan recipe! This Mexican Flan Cake is a delicious moist, creamy cinnamon-flavored cake, perfect for any Mexican gathering, and serves 12 guests! Watch the VIDEO below!

Back by popular demand, I shared this Mexican Flan Cake recipe 4 years ago here on RE. Because it’s delicious for any Mexican Feast, I want to share it with you today (plus watch the video below!).

Friends, I’ve made this dessert for years, and guests LOVE it. I also appreciate it because it’s so rich, so you can serve smaller pieces, up to 12 servings!

Cinco de Mayo Desserts

My favorite way to serve flan is warm, within an hour of coming out of the oven! If you want a spin of lime and almonds, this Almond Lime Flan Cake is fantastic, too. Or, quick and easy? This Raspberry Cream Galettes is super pretty, light, and delicious!

Flowers in cans

Instead of spending hours making the perfect Cinco de Mayo centerpiece, you can keep it simple by opening a can of food (hopefully using it in a recipe), washing and drying out the can, and then filling with a beautiful, vibrant bouquet for a party tabletop.

I really love the bright colors of Mexican-themed parties, don’t you?

Repurposing cans into vases also adds that quirky, special touch to a table, which I love.

The quirkier the better, and it’s fun to play around with the look of a table setting. But when it comes to dessert? There’s no messing around in that department. :)

Mexican Flan Cake

Now for this easy flan recipe. You need a little time to put it together (caramlize the sugar mixture, prepare the batter, bake for 30 minutes), but when it comes out of the oven, it smells SO good.

Then allow it to cool for about 20 minutes and flip it over onto your favorite serving platter!

I’m also curious if you love to make flan, how many times a year do you serve it to guests? I’d say around 2 for me. I don’t know why I don’t make this dessert more often. It’s always a HUGE hit!

Mexican Flan Cake

Cinco de Mayo desserts are a big hit served at spring and summer parties! Everyone loves a festive Cinco de Mayo party and a flan recipe! This Mexican Flan Cake is a delicious moist, creamy cinnamon-flavored cake, perfect for any Mexican gathering, and serves 12 guests!

Ingredients:

Directions:

Spray an 11-inch round baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan. While stirring to dissolve the sugar, bring to a full boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium low; let cook 20 to 25 minutes, until sugar turns golden brown and caramelizes. Do not stir. Quickly pour caramelized sugar mixture into baking pan, tilting to evenly cover the bottom of the pan with the glaze. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium bowl whisk together 1 1/2 cups milk, egg yolks, condensed milk, vanilla, and cinnamon until well blended. Pour over the caramelized sugar mixture in the pan.

I’ve never made any kind of flan but this looks so delicious it makes me want to give it a try! It also looks like a yummy way to use a lot of eggs which is great because our chickens are laying more than we can keep up with.

This looks really tasty! And I really like the simplicity of using tin cans as vases for centerpieces. I’ve never made flan for cinco de mayo I usually can’t help but give in and make tres leches cake, I thought about making flan this year, but after seeing this cake, I am tempted to make this instead. : )

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